The origins and purpose of the Common Core State Standard (CCSS) was set in the 1980’s when American students were performing below par, and there was inconsistency in testing standards. The goal was to raise overall performance and create a base for consistent measuring. This was the reasonable basis to resolve this ‘crisis’ on which most of the states accepted the CCSS. Since then, it has become obvious that the goal was indoctrination. So what has gone wrong? In one word, Control. We/they have made some critical errors. It appears that politics got involved, with a select few applying ideologies